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Jazzlover was predicting $500/barrel oil and fuel shortages by now, so his evaluations of resources must be taken with a wee grain of salt.
Jazzes timing might be off a bit, but $500/barrell seems quite plausible to me. I will venture only a vague guess on the timing...I'm currently in my early 60s and I expect oil to hit that price level in my lifetime. Traditionally, this is the time of the year when pump prices usually drop. On my way into work this morning, driving by the corner station, I noticed that gas was 16 centshigher this morning than it was yesterday afternoon.
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Yup that is exactly what the religious nuts say when they emerge from the shelter to find everyone still here playing xbox, watching football, and browsing the latest iphone apps.
Our timing was off but wait till next time! We're all doomed!
On my way into work this morning, driving by the corner station, I noticed that gas was 16 centshigher this morning than it was yesterday afternoon.
Well there you go. You noticing that 16 cents increase of a historical volatile priced commodity is all I need to agree with jazzlover's hilarious doom predictions.
Well there you go. You noticing that 16 cents increase of a historical volatile priced commodity is all I need to agree with jazzlover's hilarious doom predictions.
Slacker.....Laugh now, while gas at the pump is ONLY $3.25 and a barrell of oil is ONLY $91.
Yeah, well how do think that food in your mouth got to you? Levitation? I just laugh when some dweeb out in the sticks says, "I don't have to worry about oil prices because I telecommute." Well, guess what? Everything they eat or use in their household is either made, transported, preserved, or disposed of using petroluem or petroleum byproducts. And the company they work for? I'll bet it uses plenty of oil, too, for whatever product or service it produces.
Hell, I live a few blocks from where I work in a pretty energy-efficient house. Do I not worry about oil prices and supplies? I worry plenty about it, because I'm smart enough to see how oil permeates every economic activity in this country. And we are doing nothing to wean us off of a resource that is getting more scarce and more expensive with each passing year.
There are plenty of resources left in our country. Blame the treehuggers on that one. A large part of why gas prices are raising...good ol inflation. And you can blame the feds on that one!
Economic vitality has nothing to do with population growth, if it did countries like Mexico and the Philippines would be wealthy.
Prosperity is a result of natural resources, exports, and culture.
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